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Stern's new platform titled 'Spike'

By flynnibus

9 years ago


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    #95 9 years ago
    Quoted from RobT:

    It's PC based, so this means it will have fans installed?
    That can't be a good thing.
    Edit: what Ibarakuru said.

    Just a power supply. Normal for those to have fans. I doubt it will be any kind of issue. Only time it will be running is when the game is active, and pinballs are a hell of a lot louder than a fan, even without the speakers cranked.

    #214 9 years ago
    Quoted from Pinchroma:

    Could you imagine a user calling support and us having to tell them sorry you use a Mac go find a pc? That would go over like a lead balloon

    "Okay, first make sure you're running Internet Explorer 6 ..."

    #246 9 years ago

    Can we just move on past the hacking topic? No one is going to DDoS your WOZ.

    Quoted from John_I:

    Nice to see the Pros are now fully LEDs with the correct power supply to prevent strobing, ghosting and flickering.

    I wonder though if they're doing actual fading or not. Both in the GI and the inserts. It would be really nice if they programmed in blooming and fading to the inserts ala LED OCD. It makes such a huge difference.

    They obviously did with Star Trek Prem/LE, so here's hoping with SPIKE games it's a normal feature now.

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    #352 9 years ago

    From what I've heard The Pin isn't a flop. It's just not aimed at the collector market, we're not the audience. And hey, maybe it ends up being a "gateway drug".

    #366 9 years ago
    Quoted from RobT:

    It's still laughable...

    True dat. I did stretch myself to past $7k on my METLE though, and I never thought I'd go there.

    #369 9 years ago
    Quoted from michiganpinball:

    I'd agree. I asked the sales people at 2 stores (where I was working on their game) and they have sold WAY more than I would have guessed. And they sold them last year too and they continue to let them use floor space today.

    They're for people with money who have a game room. The kind that walk in and say "I want a pool table, and give me that anniversary edition Ms Pac-Man Galaga, my kids will love that. Oh, and you have pinball? Rad, I'll take that too. Put it on the American Express."

    They're not pinheads. They have an electronic dart board that gets used twice a year. The game room is really a "man cave" that people drink beer in and hang out. And hey, a pinball machine, they still make those? Cool.

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